moon take one

[sasup]

like everyone I had to have my first and here it is
taken on a phillips 900 with a polarizing filter :D the first million where not good at all. hehehe

[AstroGuy]

Yeah I remember shots like these..........:D

Looks like you needed a neutral density filter though, Were you using one?




Regards...

[sasup]

I was using a polarizing filter in the filter slide.

[AstroGuy]

Looks a little over exposed, still has a nice look about it though. :)

So you gonna blow it up to the size of your wall and frame it? :)


Regards...

[sasup]

Ya I agree it needs work. Not going to frame but its a great target to learn with

[rcheshire]

Very nice shot. A little deconvolution will accentuate the detail. Don't be too aggressive.

[KenNo2658]

Much better than my first (and only!) one so far! I probably would be framing it if it had been mine!

[sasup]

I had to look deconvolution up and I quote:

deconvolution is an algorithm-based (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithm) process used to reverse the effects of convolution (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convolution) on recorded data.[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deconvolution#cite_note-0) The concept of deconvolution is widely used in the techniques of signal processing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_processing) and image processing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_processing). Because these techniques are in turn widely used in many scientific (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science) and engineering (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering) disciplines, deconvolution finds many applications.
Thanks for that, learned something today

[mental4astro]

Deconvolution, distinct to convoluted, :rolleyes: :whistle: .

Nice pic, mate.

Worthy at least of the wall paper on your computer.

[pproctor]

Hello all.

Just starting in the dangerous world of astro-photography after many many years of photos of land based objects!

The Minister of Finance (who fortunately shares the Astronomy passion), was an amazing woman who presented me with a HEQ5-Pro and a Skywatcher Black Diamond ED80 for a combined Christmas/Birthday present.

Due to the combination of recent weather and travel patterns, there has been a limited number of nights when I have been able to get it all out.

As such, the first reasonable night allowed me to get out and have a crack at a moon shot last Friday, and I managed to squeeze this one before it clouded over just a bit too much.

Camera is an unmodified Canon 40D, taken through the ED80 with a Televue 2" 4x Powermate. That combination has given me a few other questions for another part of the forum, namely couldn't get focus unless I scrapped the Televue T-Ring direct adaptor, and used the right angle.

Let me know what you think :)

[sasup]

looks alot like mine but maybe better

[renormalised]

Very nice, Paul, for a first shot:) Might need a tad sharpening of the focus but otherwise very good.

Your ED scope will need an extension tube to come into focus if you don't use your diagonal, that's why your shots were out of focus when you were just using the T-ring adapter.

Grab yourself a modded Toucam for lunar and planetary shots. They're much better than a DSLR for this type of work. Have a look here...

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=70573
(http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=70573)

[EddieDog]

Very Nice Paul, well done.
Eddie